Bigger Than Life: The Close-Up and Scale in the Cinema

by Mary Ann Doane

Book Overview

In Bigger Than Life Mary Ann Doane examines how the scalar operations of cinema, especially those of the close-up, disturb and reconfigure the spectator's sense of place, space, and orientation. Doane traces the history of scalar transformations from early cinema to the contemporary use of digital technology. In the early years of cinema, audiences regarded the monumental close-up, particularly of the face, as grotesque and often horrifying,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478014482
• ISBN13: 9781478014485
• Release Date: March 2022
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"